Improvement in harness-buckles



STATES PATENT DFFICE.

GEORGE W. BRADFORD, OF LA SALLE, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN HARNESS-BUCKLES.

Sp: ciiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,614, dated January20, 1874; application filed July 7, 1873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. BRAD- FORD, of La Salle, in the county ofMonroe and State of Michigan, have invented a new and valuableImprovement in Buckles; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation ofthe same, reference being had to the annexed drawings making a part ofthis specification, and to the letters and figures of reference markedthereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation of a sectional view of mybuckle as applied. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan viewof the same with tug and straps removed.

This invention has relation to an improvement in wedge tug-buckles; andit consists in the construction and novel arrangement of a transverserecess or set-back in the back plate,

under the wedge, whereby the back-band may be continued through thebuckle to form the belly band, and of the short projection or stud onthe back plate, about equal in height to the depth of the recess orset-back, in combination with a wedge, as hereinafter more fullydescribed.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the body of thebuckle, having the usual. end loops B and O and the transverse bar D,with which the wedge E engages. The back plate F of the body istransversely recessed, forming the set-back 66,31] each end of which arabbet, b, is formed, the inner edge of which is slightly inclined fromthe middle outward toward each end, for the purpose of allowing therequisite play of the strap, which is located in the recess. The ends ofthe rabbets 1) are connected by the side bars a, which ings d are formedthrough the sides of the buckle, at each end of the set-back or recessbuckle over the faces of the rabbets b. The.

wedge E may be of the usual pattern, with its small end curved upwardand lengthened to catch in the loop-bar D.

This buckle is designed to save several feet of stock and much valuabletime in making a set of harness.

The back-strap f and belly-band may be made continuous and passeddownward or y in the vertical direction through the recess a and sideslots d, the rabbets 1) serving to keep it steady and to support thetug-strap g, which is passed longitudinally through the buckle or in thehorizontal direction. The strap f is socured by the stud e in therecess, and the strap 9 by the wedge E, or other device equivalentthereto.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The tug-buckle described, having the transverse recess or set-back a inthe back plate F under the wedge, the center stud 0, equal in height tothe depth of the set-back, and the transverse bar D, in combination witha wedge, E, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE WITHINGTON BRADFORD.

Witnesses:

Josnrn D. ROWAN, E. R. GILDAY.

